WHITTLESEY, a town in Isle of Ely, England, 51 m. E. of Peterborough, between that city and March, on the L.N.E.R. Pop. (1931) 8,299. To the north is the artificial cut carrying the waters of the river Nene ; the neighbourhood is intersected with many other navigable "drains." To the south-west is Whittlesey
Mere, 6 m. distant from the town, in Huntingdonshire. It was a lake until modern times, when it was included in a scheme of drainage. The town manufactures bricks and tiles, and has a con siderable agricultural trade.